Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to automated pairing of customers and businesses. A computing platform may determine, based on historical user activity of a user, a pattern of the user activity, and may identify, based on the pattern of the user activity, an anticipated purchase activity of the user. Then, the computing platform may determine a sales offering by a vendor. Then, the computing platform may match the anticipated purchase activity with the sales offering. Then, the computing platform may retrieve user-defined preference rules associated with the anticipated purchase activity. Then, the computing platform may determine whether the preference rules apply to one or more attributes of the anticipated purchase activity. Subsequently, the computing platform may trigger, based on a determination that the preference rules apply to the one or more attributes of the anticipated purchase activity, an action associated with the anticipated purchase activity.

Abstract: A disposable chromatography cartridge for separating a chemical contained in a solution, the cartridge including a vessel having an inlet and outlet and a flexible wall that is deformable by externally applied force so as to reduce a volume within said vessel, and a monolith chromatography stationary phase inside said vessel. Also disclosed are chromatography apparatus using such a cartridge, separating a chemical in a solution using such a cartridge, and a method of making such a cartridge.